Families recall travels and wartime duties across western states
Mr and Mrs Smith Allen recently returned from a southern California trip with son Warren stationed at Camp Roberts. G W McCune and Frank Foss completed or served on federal juries in Pocatello and at the current term, respectively. Esther E Monson and P T Hansen joined in Los Angeles for the funeral of their son William A Monson. Pvt Paul M Hansen returned to Camp Wolters after ten days with his parents. William Kerr and infant son plan to join him in San Francisco by plane from Salt Lake City. Gene Howe and Amelia Hone's illness prompted travel to Ontario, and Merlin Chatterton, Navy man aboard the Yorktown, visited during Navy Day in San Francisco. A long-time farmer, born April 26, 1883, Bowcut family funeral held in Mapleton with burial in Franklin cemetery after services at the Mapleton chapel.
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Smith Allen
California
Warren
Camp Roberts
Grants Pass
Bend
Oregon
Boise
Preston
G. W. McCune
Pocatello
Frank Foss
Esther E. Monson
Mr. Kerr
San Francisco
Calif
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kerr
Treasure Island
Gene Howe
Ontario
Ore
Amelia Hone
George Buchanan
Hone
Franklin
Peter
Elizabeth Birch Bowcut
Harriet Porter
Logan Temple
Earl P. Bowcutt
Mapleton
Martha Wickham
Cassie Moser
Ogden
Bertha Cornish
Cove
Abraham
Mathias Bowcut
Mapleton Chapel
Harry Knapp
Franklin Cemetery
Grace Infant Dies in Pocatello Hospital
Funeral services for David Eric Peterson Smith eleven months, son of Everett and Viola Peterson Smith, will be held at the Grace LDS chapel Friday at 11 a.m. He died Sunday at St. Anthony hospital from spinal meningitis. Surviving: parents, a brother Lynn, two grandmothers Lavinia Peterson Grace and Hanna Smith Ogden, and great grandmother Christina Erickson Preston. Burial in Grace Cemetery.
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Grace Lds
Everett
Viola Peterson Smith
David Eric
St. Anthony Hospital
Pocatello
Lynn
Lavinia Peterson
Grace
Hanna Smith
Ogden
Christina Erickson
Preston
Grace Cemtery
Mapleton Resident Elias Bowcut Dies at 62
Elias John Bowcut, 62, of Mapleton, has died. The obituary notes his residence and age, with no additional details available in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias John Bowcut
Burglars Nabbed After Penney Store Loot Found
Two 17 year old suspects from Los Angeles were arrested in Preston after suitcases yielded over 900 dollars of J C Penney merchandise linked to the Logan store burglary. The defendants confessed and were jailed in Cache county on an open charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Leo Peterson
Marlow Funk
Franklin County
Funk
J. C. Penney
Los Angeles
Logan
Peterson
Penney
Cache County
Deer Tag Sale Ends as Hunt Closes with Mixed Luck
Deer tag sales wrap up after the annual hunt. Leland Chaterton, shop foreman, owner of one tag, finishes a second straight season without securing a buck. Some blame his bearings, others note the aging 40 82 Chatterton family tag may have finally given way.
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Leland (Shealy) Chatterton
Shealy
Chatterton
Mrs. Jack Tracy Praises Faultless Starch in Letter
Knoxville resident Mrs. Jack Tracy writes from 1632 Martin Mill Pike praising Faultless Starch for making washes turn out better on ironing days. She notes it requires no cooking, saves time, and makes ironing smoother, urging others to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Jack Tracy
Martin Mill Pike
Faultless Starch Company
Citizen printer hopes for new marine rifle in 1947 season
The article notes Shealy’s habit of tying himself to a tree to fire his musket, the need for a new firearm next year, and the old powder horn’s failing. It mentions three boys returning from service next year and the town’s longing for a new marine rifle to improve fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shealy
Citizen Printer
Marine Rifles
Maby
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Merlin Chatterton
Yorktown
Leland Chatterton
San Francisco Bay
Fargo
Schillings
Maid O’ Clover
Woods Cross
Campbell
Ame
Heinz
Crise
Meltiag
Stores
H&m
Wood
H. Tractor
Miller Arc
Idaho
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